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I do not feel like the genre is so defining for my stage persona or for the kind of music we make. It is very cool, but I do think it still gets too fetishised too much. I basically think, in general, it is something you can say about the metal and rock scene but it is also something you can say about the world. Even if you go to classic music, women have been allowed to sing in operas for some time, but they also have not been composing. How does it feel for you as a woman to see so many female fronted rock and metal bands today?Ĭharlotte Wessels – It feels really good but I think it really implies to any kind of scene you think of. Metal and rock have always been dominated by men so it is nice to see more balance now. The symphonic metal scene has been showered with a long list of talented female singers over the years. Now you can enjoy it and have a better grasp of what is going on still at a very young age. Roadrunner Records Roadrunner RecordsĬ – It helped that you started so young. It is really cool to have the feeling that we are doing this together. It has been some time and we have been working very hard for the things we have achieved. I can take matters into my own hands with everything that is happening.
I am older and wiser to comprehend everything that is happening. I do remember from the first years it was very cool, but I like more the situation I am in now. My parents had to sign the contract because I was still under age. It was kind of different thing and I remember being very overwhelmed. At the time, Within Temptation were playing in front of ten thousands of people. Not that To Elyisum was not a big deal back then, there were hundreds of people there. All the other stuff I did was with bands that were really mainly hobby bands, we were playing at local venues. They were thinking of starting anew after their previous singer left the and when I joined I was around fifteen or sixteen at the time. Keep in mind, when I enjoyed To Elysium they were a performing and recording band.
Having both had experience in other bands did you feel new life going into this new project?Ĭharlotte Wessels – I was pretty overwhelmed. Martjin Westerholt had been part of Within Temptation prior to Delain as well. Now you came into the band around 2005 after your time with To Elysium. It is strange how things can go, but I am really happy they went out of hand like they did because I could not imagine something cooler to do.Ĭ – It is amazing how things happen like that sometimes. Considering that we have completed four complete albums now and the tours, it all has went so completely out of hand, but I am so happy that it did. I was initially only asked to write some lyrics and vocalize, not even to sing. A lot has happened for us and it is really strange now to remember at the very beginning, Delain was actually only meant to be a studio project and a onetime thing. I became involved in 2004, we signed a deal with Roadrunner Records in 2005, and that is when things really started rolling. Tell me about the last decade of the band and the success you have achieved.Ĭharlotte Wessels – I am only starting to realize it has already been that long. You have released four full-length albums and toured all over including your first tour of North America in 2013. A lot has happened over the years for Delain since then. Recently we sat down with the band’s charismatic vocalist Charlotte Wessels for a enlightening look into the formidable years of Delain, The Human Contradiction, life prospective, music, and much more.Ĭ – Delain formed over a decade ago.
#Larasati gothic metal series#
Building a strong international following over the course of a series of powerful studio albums, Delain is now reaching new heights with their progressive conceptual new album The Human Contradiction. Over the past decade, Dutch metal band Delain have been harnessing that passion and energy into their own unique blend of gothic, symphonic, and classic metal styling. Music is one of the most vivid art forms of human expression, and through it, one can relay a specific message of their thoughts and ideas.
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